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Patent GB-190414884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: PHILLIPS JAMES SANDFORD
Filed: 1904-07-02
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 14,884. Phillips, J. S. July 2. Spring wheels.-The rim is connected to the hub by a series of springs, and has secured to it a pair of side-plates e which embrace the hub, to prevent lateral play, and are connected together by bolts f which work in openings large enough to allow of the vertical play. The openings mav be fitted with rubber or other springs round the bolts. The springs may be secured to the ring and hub by pins or bolts on which they are free to turn. Rubber or pneumatic springs may be used instead of metal springs, and the side-plates may be fixed to the hub instead of to the rim. For driving- wheels, the bolts f are provided with rollers and engage in triangular openings, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190415372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galleries for Incandescent Gas or other Burners.
Inventor: ATTENBOROUGH EDWARD
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,372. Attenborough, E. July 9. Globe holders.- In globe holders for incandescent and other burners, the ends of the arms A are pivoted at C and have fork clasps D to lock the arms A in the extended positions by bearing against the casing B or by catching the parts. A<1>, which may be further extended for that purpose.
Patent GB-190423421-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Renewable Seating to Water Taps and Valves.
Inventor: SCOTT ROBERT DICKSON
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 23,421. Scott, R. D. Oct. 31. Seats ; special materials for valves and cocks; repairing, facilitating ; corrosion, resisting ; lift valves.-The seats B of screw-down valves, stopcocks, and the like are made of hardened copper to resist corrosion, and, being screwed into the casing, are renewable when worn. India-rubber or leather packing A is used to make joint between the seating and casing.
Patent GB-190423439-A (GB)
Title: Ribbon-bow for the Hair
Inventor: NORLING WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,439. Norling, W. Oct. 31. Hair -fastenings. - A bow a for binding the hair is secured to the head by bands b, and, in addition, in case the bands should fail, by a comb c which is sewn or otherwise attached to the bow and is provided with orifices d for that purpose,
Patent GB-190424386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Apparatus for Grinding or Crushing, Washing and Separating Ores.
Inventor: STANLEY REGINALD
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 24,386. Stanley, R. Nov. 10. Sifting ores.-Ore, especially auriferous quartz, after being crushed by the rollers B is delivered to an endless travelling band P of wire gauze, which has a chain along each of its sides passing over sprockets Q. The band is kept depressed by rollers Y a little way into the tank X, which is preferably filled with water, and a stream of water falls on it from a tank 2, or the tauk 2 may be dispensed with and the material agitated by air jets. The tailings pass into the sump T. The band P may be kept clean by a rubber scraper pressed against it by a weight.
Patent GB-190429499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slow Combustion Stoves for Heating with Low Pressure Steam or Hot Water.
Inventor: PFAHL WILHELM
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 29,499. Pfahl, W. Dec. 31. Slow - combustion stoves.-In a slowcombustion stove for heating with low-pressure steam or hot water, in order to prevent gases from escaping through the fueldoor joints and other cracks when the air valves are shut at night, the "fuel shaft" a is provided with an upper chamber e, into which side flues d, of the form shown, open above the fuel. An opening f in the rear wall of the fuel shaft, communicates with flues g leading to t h e chimney. The grate c is arranged and formed as shown. The upper chamber k need be used only in steam apparatus.
Patent GB-190500548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: CRUSE HENRY
Filed: 1905-01-11
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 548. Cruse, H. Jan. 11. Water-tube boilers; superheaters, steam; watercirculation, promoting ; tube-plates. -Consists in the combination with a water-tube boiler of a controllable steam superheater such as is described in Specification No. 5103, A.D. 1898. Fig. 1 shows the superheater in combination with a speciallyconstructed water-tube boiler. The boiler is constructed of two steam and water drums a, b, which are connected by the banks of water-tubes e with one or two lower water drums c and by two downcomers g. Transversely of the upper drums are situated two steam chambers i, which communicate with the superheater K. The superheater is suspended between the banks of tubes e, and, as described in the above-mentioned Specification, consists of rows of elements each of which is formed of an outer steam superheating tube and an inner tube through which water is circulated. The inner pipes serve to circulate water between the drums or elsewhere or for the reception of feed-water. Thus the superheating space forms a prolongation of the boiler steam space into the heating-chamber. To effect a reliable joint between the tubes of the boiler and the drums where the tubes do not enter radially, a strip y of steel or other suitable metal is formed straight on one side and concave on the other to correspond with the shell of the drum. A feed-water heater and purifier q of any suitable type is provided. The fuel-economizer u may also be fitted. The feed is supplied by the pipes s, t. The water may be supplied to the superheater from other sources than the drums.
Patent GB-190502438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dental Separators.
Inventor: WALKER ROBERT
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 2438. Walker, R. July 20,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dental instruments.-An instrument for forcing teeth apart during dental operations consists of two jaws a, b, pivoted together at c. The wedge-shaped ends of the jaws are set so as to overlap in the plane of the jaws and are slightly bevelled. The jaws are operated by screws g, h, which engage an independent ring f by means of heads g<1>, h<1> and shoulders g<2>, h<2>, so that either a pushing or pulling action may be exerted. The ring f is slotted, as shown in Fig. 7, so as to allow the necessary swinging motion.
Patent GB-190511944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Repairing Lasts.
Inventor: WARNECK ALBERT
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 11,944. Warneck, A. June 7. Lasts; repairing.-In order that a repairing-last may be adjusted to fit various sizes of boots, it is made in two parts a, b, the latter being cast with a horizontal bar c, which passes through a slot in the vertical stem of the former, where, after adjustment, it is clamped by a thumb-screw d. The last is revolubly mounted on a separate baseplate e. In modifications, the base-plate is cast with the sole part a or with the heel part b ; in the latter case, the sole part is reversible, being provided with two soles of different sizes. It may also be provided with four soles carried by crossarms. In another modification, Fig. 5, the heel part b is a fixture, and the sole part is cast with two soles g', carried by arms g, g<3> at right-angles to each other, each arm being slotted to receive the bar c. The sides of the slots are recessed, as at g<5>, to receive a bench pin g<6>. Instead of the thumb-screw d being employed, one or both edges of the bar c may be serrated to fit corresponding teeth in the slot in the sole part, in which case two pins passed through holes in the side of the stem of the latter hold the bar in position.
Patent GB-190519517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HUBERT CONRAD
IPC: F02P1/00
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 19,517. Hubert, C. Sept. 27. Turning-gear.-A power-storing device such as a spring, or weight is used to start explosionengines on automobiles, the power being trausmitted by a pawl-and-ratchet connexion to a brake wheel which rotates a sleeve actuating the starting-shaft through a centrifugal pawl - and - ratchet connexion. The spring is automatically wound up at a much slower speed by toothed gearing after the engine has reached a predetermined speed. Handles are provided for independently winding the spring and turning the starting-shaft, the motion of which is transmitted by a clutch. The power spring a is attached to the stationary drum d and to the sleeve e. which rotates on the sleeve n, which again rotates on the starting-shaft c. The inner end of the sleeve e, Figs. 1 and 2, has ratchet teeth and carries a cupshaped part f fitted to rotate loosely thereon and connected to the teeth by spring pawls to prevent the momentum of the parts from carrying the spring a beyond its unwound position. The teeth on the part f gear with the pinions i carried on the brake disk g, which pinions have secured to them toothed wheels m gearing with teeth n<1> on the sleeve n. Ordinarily, the brake-band is applied, but may be released by the pedal k ; the brake disk is then permitted to rotate under the action of the spring a. At first; the internallytoothed disk f revolves and turns the pinions i and wheels m, but friction disks w beneath these lock the wheels m through the rods v<1> and pawls v, and cause them to move as a whole with the brake wheel g. The outer end of the sleeve n carries a cup p, Fig. 10, having two sets of ratchet teeth q, r, the former gearing with starting-pawls s and the latter with winding-pawls u on a disk t. These winding-pawls are governed by centrifugal force. Spring detents y hold the winding-pawls u in inner position until sufficient speed for winding is acquired. In winding, the pawls v locking the wheels m, Fig. 1, are thrown out of engaging position and abut against stops. The winding is discontinued automatically by a non-rotative disk 3, Fig. 5, having keys 4 entering a sleeve 2 threaded into the sleeve e, which moves longitudinally as the power spring unwinds or is wound. A roller 12 on the disk 3 engages an oscillating arm 14 on a pinion 15 gearing with the wheel 16, which is provided with wedge thrust pieces 17 engaging the releasing-plate 18 ; the plate 18 has cone-pointed pins 19, the forward movement of which disengages the centrifugal pawls u. The released power spring will reverse the rotation of the wheels m, thus re-engaging the locking-pawls v. The method of supporting the gear from the beam 22 is shown by Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190605227-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Facilitating Lubrication of the Wheels and Axles of Colliery Trams and the like.
Inventor: JONES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 5227. Jones, T. March 3. Inspection pits &c.-To facilitate the lubrication of the wheels and axles of colliery trams &c., the vehicles are run on to a machine which lifts the wheels out of contact with the rails. The machine is supported on a frame i over a pit in the roadway and consists of rails b and wheels e, f, g with fluted edges arranged in the manner shown. The wheels engage the axles j, k of the tram and lift it off the rails b, which are preferably dished at the part b<1>. The wheels of the tram can then be turned to present the oil-holes l uppermost.
Patent GB-190609839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chucks for Turning Cranks and for similar purposes.
Filed: 1906-04-27
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 9839. Tangyes, Ltd., and Walker, N. April 27. Chucks.-A chuck for use in turning crank-shafts has a back - plate a<2> for attachment to a face-plate and a front plate a supported in a bearing c, the parts a', a being connected by arms a<3> enclosing a perforated body a<4>, some or all of the tubular ways d<2>, d of which may extend to the plate a<2> or be formed partly in each plate. The way d is central and receives a a spindle g<1> to carry the web-holder . h which is fitted witt pinching-screws The ways d for receiving the axle of a shaft are each fitted with pinching-screws f, and are arranged in pairs, one of each pair being of half the throw of the other and for -use while the ends of the crank webs are being turned,
Patent GB-190617448-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for the Neck and Collar Bands of Ladies' Dresses and the like.
Inventor: CLOWES JANET JANE
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 17,448. Clowes, J. J. Aug. 2. Stays or stiffeners for ladies collar bands &c. are. made of wire, bent to form interlaced loops a at the edges, while the middle is formed by the crossed. parts b of the wire. The loops may be flattened to give an even edge. Two separate wires tied together at intervals may be used, as shown in Fig. 5, and they may be covered with silk or cotton. The device readily expands and contracts, and may be used for bracelets, chains, necklets, waistbands, or curtain bands.
Patent GB-190625492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Packing for Rotating Shafts
Inventor: WILKINSON JAMES
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 25,492. Wilkinson, J. Nov. 24,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-The shaft of a turbine or other rotary machine is packed by liquid kept in cir culation by centrifugal action. The rotating shaft 2, Fig. 2, carries a web 4 with flanges 8, 9 rotating in a fixed casing 1. The flange 8 at the pressure side of the apparatus may be shorter than the other flange 9, or the same effect may be obtained by providing in the flange 8 apertures 12 opening into an under-cut groove, which may be formed by rings 16, 17, as shown in Fig. 4. The centrifugal action forces the liquid from the high-pressure chamber H through the apertures 12 and round the periphery of the web to the low-pressure chamber L, from which the liquid returns to the chamber H through passages 11. When the turbine is stationary, leakage is prevented by flap valves 22, and water passed through the apparatus by pipes 23, 24. The web and casing may have intermeshing flanges, as shown, or they may be plain.
Patent GB-190628105-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Fastening Busks Steels and Bones to Corsets.
Inventor: GUTMANN JULIUS H
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-12-10
Abstract: 28,105. Gutmann, J. H. Dec. 10. Corsets.-Steels, before insertion in the corset, have their ends sewn into fabric pockets c, which are independent of the corset and are afterwards sewn to it with the steels.
Patent GB-190701114-A (GB)
Title: A Pellet Charger for Air Guns.
Inventor: BOWDLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-01-16
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 1114. Bowdler, W. Jan. 16. Ammunition receptacles. -A pellet charger for air-guns consists of a tube a containing the pellets j, closed at one end by a removable cap b and having at the other end an intermittent delivery device actuated by the lever c. The pellets are retained in the tube by the tooth d of the lever c, the tooth being withdrawn to allow a pellet to drop out by pressing the lever c. The remaining pellets are temporarily retained by a tooth h on the inside of a collar g carried on the lever c. When the lever c is released, the tooth h is withdrawn and the tooth d returned to the retaining position. A modification of the delivery device is described.
Patent GB-190701354-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Matches
Inventor: HAFFNER GUSTAVE ADOLPHE
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 1354. Haffner, G. A. Jan. 18, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Matches; match-striking surfaces. - Headless matches are made by impregnating the ends of stems when hot with a solution of a non-hygroscopic chlorate, such as potassium chlorate, dissolved by means of a salt, such as zinc #-napthalenesulphonata, not soluble, or only slightly soluble in water at ordinary temperatures. The stems may previously be sulphured, preferably by rubbing the lateral end portions with powdered sulphur, or by dipping in molten sulphur, and then heating. The stems may also be impregnated, before or after the primary impregnation, with a solution of an easily soluble chlorate, with or without other substances, such as 'hyposulpbite' of lead, and an adhesive. Striking-surfaces for these matches are made by adding 'hyposulphite' of lead to the ordinary surface composition for safety matches.
Patent GB-190703380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: FOREST LEE DE
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 3380. Forest, L. de. Feb. 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-An oscillation detector consists of a vessel D in which the gaseous medium intervening between electrodes F, F<1> is put into a condition of molecular activity, and is kept in a magnetic field whereby the sensitiveness of the detector may be varied so that the response of the detector is a function of a characteristic, such as the frequency, of the electrical oscillations operating upon the same. The gaseous medium is maintained in a condition of molecular activity by heating the electrode F, which is a filament of carbon or platinum, by passing through it a current from a small battery B. The other electrode F<1> of mercury is not heated, and it is chiefly this electrode which is under the influence of the magnet H energized by the battery B". The terminals a, b of the detector are in series with the antenna A, battery B', and a signal-indicating device such as a telephone T. By varying the position and strength of the magnetic field, the sensitiveness of the detector may be regulated with respect to the frequency of the waves to be received, and may be made selective of waves of desired frequency so that the detector may be employed as a tuning-device. Fig. 2 shows a duplex wireless telegraph system consisting of a sonorous circuit including condensers C, sparkgap 8, and inductance L, conductively connected to a transmitting-antenna A and energized by a transformer M, the primary of which is connected with a generator G and key K. The receiving- antenna A' is connected to the detector terminals a, b, and grounded at E as before. The magnet H is energized by the current supplied to the sonorous circuit through a step-down transformer M<1>, the primary of which is in series with the transformer M. The magnet H is so adjusted that the field produced thereby will render the detector non- responsive to the oscillations created by the transmitting-system during the short interval of every spark discharge, and permit it to remain responsive all the remaining time. The detector may be employed as a static valve or leak, as static charges created in the antenna are usually unidirectional or of low frequency, so that the magnetic field has a greater effect therein than on the high-frequency electrical oscillations, and thereby the effects of such charges can be greatly diminished.
Patent GB-190708794-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Mounting Room Furniture
Inventor: MERRILL NATHAN CARRUTH
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 8794. Merrill, N. C. April 16. B ok-cases, cupboards, panels, tables, wardrobes, &c.-For increasing the accommodation of rooms, especially those of apartment houses, hotels, and hospitals, a panel 7, provided on one face with a china cupboard, book-case, escritoire, or other article 8 of parlour furniture, and on the other face with a dressing-table or other article 11 of bedroom furniture, is pivoted at 6 in the opening 5 of a recess 4 in the wall 2 and preferably adjacent to an outer wall having a window. A second panel 9, preferably formed in one with the dressing-table or the like 11, projects from the panel 7, and together with the door 10, which is hinged to the panel 9 to turn either way as desired and may be provided with a full-length mirror 12, fills the opening 5 when the panel 7 is turned from the position shown in dotted lines to that shown in full lines. The recess may be enlarged to form a closed closet or wardrobe. The lower of the pivots 6, which offer an ample surface for wear and may be provided with ball bearings, has a footstep bearing to keep the panel clear of the floor, or castors may be used for a similar purpose.
Patent GB-190714040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cigarettes, and Cigars, and Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: SABAT BRONISLAW
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 14,040. Sabat, B. June 18. Cigar &c. holders; cigars and cigarettes.-A shield or cap of paper &c. is provided for the mouth ends of cigar and cigarette holders and cigarettes and cigars, and is only removed when the cigarette &c. is about to be smoked. Fig. 2 shows a cap a for a cigarette, and in Fig. 6 a shield a' is shown having a re-entrant portion. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No: 19,430, A.D. 1890, and No. 16,467, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190716922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Waistbands for Trousers.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 16,922. Brown, J. A. July 24. Trousers.-The various pieces of material forming the waistbands of trousers are sewn together in one operation, so as to present a finished appearance with a minimum of labour. To obtain a "stitched top," the canvas stiffening H is cut or pressed to the required shape, and the outside cloth G folded down over its upper edge, as shown in Fig. 5 ; the lining-material I is laid under both, but projecting in the opposite direction from the cloth, and the whole is sewn through either by an ordinary or zigzag, single, or double needle machine, the top row of stitches determining the position of the top edge of the lining, which is afterwards pressed down into place. This may be obtained without a guide, but Figs. 2 and 3 show, in longitudinal and crosssection, a combined folder and guide for effecting the above result. This may be attached to the presser foot D by a bar M, or to the feedplate F of the sewing-machine. Two curved or U-shaped pieces J, K are fixed to or form part of a block L, the right-hand edge of which forms a guide 4 for the lining material, and a guide g for the turned-over edge g<1> of the outer cloth. The recesses 1, 2 form the folding- guides for the cloth G, and the recess 3 the guide for the canvas stiffening H. The recesses 2, 4 are shorter than the recesses 1 and 3. The folding and guiding combination is tapered from the front to the back, as shown in Fig. 2, to enable the materials to pass through easily. The recess 4 may be arranged above the recess 1. After sewing as described, the lining I may be turned back and stitched between the canvas H and cloth G, Fig. 6. Hammers, rollers, or other mechanism for pressing, the material in position may be used, and are suitably geared up to a moving part of the machine.. According to Provisional Specification, parts of the pressing- mechanism may be heated.